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US veterans return to Iwo Jima for 70th anniversaryhttp://www.mail.com/news/us/3430664-us-veterans-return-to-iwo-jima-70th-anniversary.html
IOTO, Japan (AP) — Dozens of aging U.S. veterans, many in their early 90s and some in wheelchairs, gathered on the tiny, barren island of Iwo Jima on Saturday to mark the 70th anniversary of one of the bloodiest and most iconic battles of World War II.
More than 30 veterans flown in from the U.S. island territory of Guam toured the black sand beaches wher...Sat, 21 Mar 2015 19:30:00 GMThttp://www.mail.com/news/us/3430664-us-veterans-return-to-iwo-jima-70th-anniversary.html2015-03-21T19:30:00ZA look at US diplomatic security around the worldhttp://www.mail.com/news/politics/3397022-us-diplomatic-security-world.html
WASHINGTON (AP) — Thursday's knife attack on America's ambassador in Seoul was the first major case of violence involving a U.S. ambassador since the deadly siege in Benghazi, Libya, more than two years ago.
That's where similarities end. Whereas Libya remains engulfed in post-revolution chaos, torn between rival militias and terrorist organizations, Sout...Thu, 05 Mar 2015 19:05:00 GMThttp://www.mail.com/news/politics/3397022-us-diplomatic-security-world.html2015-03-05T19:05:00Z70 years ago, Marines raise flag on Iwo Jimahttp://www.mail.com/news/us/3374320-70-years-ago-marines-raise-flag-iwo-jima.html
EDITOR'S NOTE — On Feb. 23, 1945, Associated Press photographer Joe Rosenthal took a photograph that would become one of the most recognizable and reproduced images in history. It showed five Marines and a Navy corpsman raising an American flag atop Mount Suribachi during the World War II Battle of Iwo Jima.
Seventy years after its original publication, t...Mon, 23 Feb 2015 19:07:54 GMThttp://www.mail.com/news/us/3374320-70-years-ago-marines-raise-flag-iwo-jima.html2015-02-23T19:07:54ZHospital releases Marines exposed to fire retardanthttp://www.mail.com/news/us/3354940-hospital-releases-marines-exposed-to-fire-retardant.html
TWENTYNINE PALMS, Calif. (AP) — A military hospital on Friday released the last five of 22 Marines accidentally exposed to a fire retardant gas during a training exercise at a Southern California base, a Marine Corps spokesman said.
The Marines were treated for exposure to halon after an extinguishing system accidentally activated in an amphibious assault...Fri, 13 Feb 2015 22:08:45 GMThttp://www.mail.com/news/us/3354940-hospital-releases-marines-exposed-to-fire-retardant.html2015-02-13T22:08:45ZRegion feels ripples from Yemen's turmoil as embassies closehttp://www.mail.com/news/world/3350702-region-feels-ripples-yemens-turmoil-embassies-close.html
SANAA, Yemen (AP) — As Western diplomats and staff fled Yemen on Wednesday, concern widened over the increasing turmoil in the impoverished nation, with Saudi Arabia arming loyal tribesmen across its southern border and Egypt readying a military unit to intervene if needed.
The U.S., British and French moved to close their embassies, signaling a belief th...Thu, 12 Feb 2015 02:01:46 GMThttp://www.mail.com/news/world/3350702-region-feels-ripples-yemens-turmoil-embassies-close.html2015-02-12T02:01:46ZDefense asks for new judge in Iraq war crime casehttp://www.mail.com/news/us/3182350-defense-asks-judge-iraq-war-crime-case.html
CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. (AP) — Defense lawyers called a military judge biased and unfair on Thursday and asked him to remove himself from the case of a Marine being retried on a murder charge in a major Iraq war crime case.
The judge, Marine Capt. Andrew Henderson, rejected the claims during a hearing for Sgt. Lawrence Hutchins III at Camp Pendleton, north...Thu, 30 Oct 2014 23:03:36 GMThttp://www.mail.com/news/us/3182350-defense-asks-judge-iraq-war-crime-case.html2014-10-30T23:03:36ZMarines leave Afghanistan after tough war yearshttp://www.mail.com/news/politics/3177866-marines-leave-afghanistan-tough-war-years.html
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Marines are putting America's longest war behind them. They are pulling up stakes in the patch of Afghan desert known as Helmand province, where 378 Marines were killed and nearly 5,000 wounded in fighting that peaked four years ago.
On Sunday they turned over to Afghan authorities the keys to Camp Leatherneck, the sprawling base in ...Tue, 28 Oct 2014 06:54:39 GMThttp://www.mail.com/news/politics/3177866-marines-leave-afghanistan-tough-war-years.html2014-10-28T06:54:39ZMarine suspect guarded by US in Philippine camphttp://www.mail.com/news/world/3166250-marine-suspect-guarded-us-philippine-camp.html
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A U.S. Marine suspected in the gruesome killing of a transgender Filipino was flown Wednesday from his warship to the Philippine military's main camp, where he will continue to be guarded by fellow Marines, in a compromise that eased a looming irritant over his custody.
The emotional case involving Pfc. Joseph Scott Pemberton an...Wed, 22 Oct 2014 09:36:17 GMThttp://www.mail.com/news/world/3166250-marine-suspect-guarded-us-philippine-camp.html2014-10-22T09:36:17ZUS military planes arrive at epicenter of Ebolahttp://www.mail.com/scitech/health/3142800-us-military-planes-arrive-epicenter-ebola.html
MONROVIA, Liberia (AP) — Six U.S. military planes arrived in the Ebola hot zone Thursday with more Marines, as West Africa's leaders pleaded for the world's help in dealing with a crisis that one called "a tragedy unforeseen in modern times."
"Our people are dying," Sierra Leone President Ernest Bai Koroma lamented by videoconference at a World Bank meeti...Thu, 09 Oct 2014 22:38:51 GMThttp://www.mail.com/scitech/health/3142800-us-military-planes-arrive-epicenter-ebola.html2014-10-09T22:38:51ZPentagon: 100 US Marines heading to Liberiahttp://www.mail.com/scitech/health/3141788-pentagon-100-us-marines-heading-to-liberia.html
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon says 100 Marines will go to Liberia on Thursday with helicopters and other transportation to help the military get to locations around the country and help with the Ebola fight.
The Pentagon press secretary, Navy Rear Adm. John Kirby, says the Marines are part of a special air-ground task force out of Spain. He says this pro...Wed, 08 Oct 2014 17:42:04 GMThttp://www.mail.com/scitech/health/3141788-pentagon-100-us-marines-heading-to-liberia.html2014-10-08T17:42:04Z